The Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2020 takes place from 9 to 13 September in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and online. Check out the first announced concerts of the festival and the concert season afterwards.
Gaudeamus Muziekweek is going ahead, but in a different guise. From 9 to 13 September we will present innovative music and performances that represent a creative approach to the current era of social distancing and staying at home.
The anniversary edition of the Gaudeamus Muziekweek opens festively with a concert in which just for once we look back - but also ahead!
Dressed in extravagant costumes from fashion house MAISON the FAUX, Dramm moulds her own folky songs, contemporary compositions and violin virtuosity into a seamless performance.
After a break of several months due to corona, the lunchtime concert is back, both physically and online, with a special Gaudeamus edition: new music by harp sextet Harp Sirens and Duo Ebano.
Led by moderator and Gaudeamus programmer Jonás Bisquert, this seminar explores new challenges and opportunities in an ever-changing cosmopolitan world.
Kees Tazelaar and Laura Agnusdei on the subject of the history of electronic music and developments in the contemporary field.
Four percussionists, modified bass drums and various drum robots investigate the relationship between man and machine in the transdisciplinary work Ma(n|chine) by Zeno van den Broek.
A trip in which music, spoken word, dance and sonic sculptures relate to birdsong, wind sounds and sunlight through the trees.
Commissioned for the jubilating festival, Yannis Kyriakides is writing a new piece for orchestra, four voices and electronics.
Pianist Ralph van Raat plays a program of contemporary music in De Doelen on 1 October in the context of the jubilating Gaudeamus Muziekweek.
The ICP’s musicians derive so much fun from playing, and sowing confusion contributes to their pleasure. The music is packed with surprises, unexpected twists, supple grace and strange outbursts.
rescheduled FLOW, by percussion trio XTRO, is a continuous, theatrical show merging pieces by contemporary composers such as Thierry de Mey, Steve Snowden and German Calle.
A penetrating performance that is a mix of electronic music, pop music, contemporary classical and sound art.
Harpist Michela Amici’s trio from The Hague presents the results of three years of close collaboration with young composers who are exploring the visible and invisible relationships between space, people and their bodies.
rescheduled Programme for solo cello and elektronics, with new pieces developed in cooperation with Aart Strootman, Molly Joyce, Morris Kliphuis and Qasim Naqvi.
Composer and sound artist Rutger Muller searches for mysticism and spirituality in contemporary electronic music.
The international Ensemble Resilience explores new sound possibilities in contemporary classical music.
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